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Mesopotamia
Describe the location of Mesopotamia and discuss the reasoning for its location and why the cultural hearths located there have endured or declined throughout history- GHW 1.1 & 1.2
The Fertile Crescent
4500 BCE- first people arrive Desert Climate, but good soil Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
– What is important about these two rivers
Agricultural Hearth- irrigation
Sumer
3500 BCE- considered 1st CIVILIZATION Characteristics of Civilization
– Advanced Cities– Specialization of Workers– Complex institutions– Record Keeping– Advanced Technology
Date:______ Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Rivers = life -----
4500 BCE- first people arrive
Desert Climate, but good soil
Tigris & Euphrates RiversWhat is important about these two rivers
Sumer
Characteristics of Civilization
3500 BCE- considered 1st CIVILIZATIONAdvanced Cities
Specialization of Workers
Complex institutions
Record Keeping
Advanced Technology
Built many cities that shared culture but different governments
“City-States” Dynasties- passed power on to sons Spread of Culture Polytheistic Class System: Priests & Kings were highest
Sumer
Babylon
2000 BCE invaded Sumer Hammurabi- ruler 1792-1750 BCE
– Created 282 laws (Hammurabi’s Code)– Applied to everyone/ different punishment for
different classes– Eye for an Eye– Gov’t became responsible for society
The Fertile Crescent is located between which two rivers?
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1. Tigris & Euphoria
2. Tiger & Euphrates
3. Tigris & Euphrates
4. Tiger & Euphrates
What valuable resource did the Fertile Crescent contain which allowed people to build a civilization?
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1. Oil
2. Gold
3. Fertile Soil
4. Diamonds
What is the name given to the entire region located around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
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1. Iraq
2. Mesopotamia
3. Iran
4. Sumer
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a civilization?
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1. Advanced Cities
2. Advanced Technology
3. Advanced Shuttles
4. Record Keeping
What leader created the first written laws?
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1. Hammurabi
2. Hamburger
3. Jericho
4. Sumerian
What was the dominant type of religion found in Sumer and Babylon?
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1. Animistic
2. Polytheistic
3. Monotheistic
4. Agnostic
What is the best definition of a City-State?
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1. City ran as a state
2. State ran as a city
3. City ran into the ground
4. City of justice
What does BCE stand for?
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1. Before Coming to Era
2. Beyond Common Era
3. Beginning of Common Era
4. Before Common Era